What the Philosophers say about reality is often as deceptive as when you see a sign in a second-hand store that reads: Pressing Done Here. If you went in with your clothes to have them pressed you would be fooled; the sign is for sale.
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Diapsalmata” from Either/Or.
Here's a snippet from Garrison Keillor:
Christmas does not need any improvements. It is a common ordinary experience that resists brilliant innovation.
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The Clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Diapsalmata” from Either/Or.
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Good article! But somehow the advice of spending time around a lot of bitter people in the far North with hardly any Sun and horrible food looses it's benefits when you don't actually return to conditions that are otherwise to appreciate them. A little depressing for my own circumstances, but I guess that was not what the writer was getting at... even if we have to spend every Christmas in what would look like depressing circumstances, maybe what he actually wanted to say that it is the intention we give the holiday... and if we give it the intention the Father did on that first Christmas it would just come down to a whole lot of love.
Maybe, Naomi, you have to go even further north of your current position, in order to gain the perspective that would allow you to appreciate your present circumstances.
Haha well that may not be too far out of reach for the coming years!
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